Facilities

The Division of Fine Arts offers four performance facilities: Festival Concert Hall, Beckwith Recital Hall, Askanase Auditorium, and Walsh Studio Theatre.

Both Festival Concert Hall and Beckwith Recital Hall are available for rental. Please select the appropriate form for additional information (all are pdf):

Beckwith Recital Hall
Challey Atrium/Green Room
Festival Concert Hall (NDSU Organizations)
Festival Concert Hall (Non-NDSU Organizations)
Student Recital Request
Total Music Building
Ticket Creation Form

Festival Concert Hall

Festival Concert Hall is an acoustically excellent, 1,000-seat hall, opened in 1981. FCH is the concert home for all NDSU music major ensembles, major Theatre NDSU musical productions, the F-M Symphony, the F-M Opera, and for special concert and performance appearances by groups such as the Vienna Boys Choir, The Second City, Arlo Guthrie, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Smuin Ballet, The National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher O'Riley, the Harlem Gospel Choir, and other touring arts organizations. Festival Concert Hall is also available for rental.

Festival Concert Hall is located in the southwest corner of the North Dakota State University campus, at the intersection of 12th Avenue North and Bolley Drive.

Festival Concert Hall Technical Information Package

Beckwith Recital Hall

Beckwith Recital Hall has the same acoustical excellence as FCH but is a smaller setting with capacity being 200. It is used as a classroom for Art and Music as well as faculty, student and small group recitals. Beckwith is also available for outside rental.

Beckwith Recital Hall is located in the southwest corner of the North Dakota State University campus, at the intersection of 12th Avenue North and Bolley Drive.

Askanase Auditorium

Askanase auditorium is a 380-seat proscenium theatre. The LCT Productions uses the space for a majority of their productions.

Askanase auditorium is located at the intersection of 12th Avenue North and Albrecht Blvd.

Walsh Studio Theatre

Walsh Studio Theatre is a flexible studio-laboratory black box space. It is located in Askanase Hall, at the corner of 12th Avenue North and Albrecht Blvd.

All production spaces are handicap accessible and assistive listening devices are available upon request.